Where does “糸雨” come from?

糸雨 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雨, from Middle Chinese 雨.

糸雨 (Japanese): a small amount of rain; a fine rain; drizzle

Definitions

  1. a small amount of rain; a fine rain; drizzle

Ancestry of “糸雨”, step by step

糸雨 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雨rain, rainfall; a rainy weather; something...
2Middle Chinese雨—

via Japanese 糸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糸thread
2Japanese偏the left-hand component of a kanji
Every word from Middle Chinese 雨 →Every word from Japanese 雨 →